My Period is Late
TITLE
My Period is Late
DIRECTOR
Cai Ning
COUNTRY
Belgium, Portugal, Hungary, China
YEAR
2021
DURATION
11′
GENRE
Documentary
Overview
My Period is Late
This is an exploring journey into motherhood. It unveils the complexity of the mother-daughter relationship in a personal way while taking a look into traditional family structures present in China.
DIRECTOR BIOGRAPHY - Cai Ning
The Chinese documentary filmmaker Cai Ning was born in 1996, currently based in Brussels. With a love of observational, participatory, and self-reflexive documentaries, she is keen on filming topics related to feminism, gender, identity, and relationships. She is studying documentary film directing across Europe as a graduate student from DocNomads.
Credits
- Director Cai Ning
- Screenplay
- Cinematography Jamil Ur Rehman Alvi
- Editing
- Cast Cai Ning, Lucy Liu
- Producer/s Cai Ning
- Production Company DocNomads
- Distributor/s
Specifications
- Project Title My Period is Late
- Project Type Documentary
- Completion Date May 10, 2021
- Country of origin Belgium
- Country of filming Belgium, China, Hungary, Portugal
- Language English, Mandarin Chinese
- First-time Filmmaker Yes
- Student Project Yes
Cai Ning
The Chinese documentary filmmaker Cai Ning was born in 1996, currently based in Brussels. With a love of observational, participatory, and self-reflexive documentaries, she is keen on filming topics related to feminism, gender, identity, and relationships. She is studying documentary film directing across Europe as a graduate student from DocNomads.
SELECTIONS & AWARDS
Tirana International Film Festival
Best Student Documentary, 2022
Tirana International Film Festival
Tackling TABOOs, 2022